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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am at a loss for words, SMH
https://gutierrez.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/guti-rrez-being-asked-leave-ice-meeting-capitol-speaker-ryan-and
Washington, DC Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) issued a statement in response to being excluded from a meeting in the U.S. Capitol with Acting Director Thomas Homan of ICE. Rep. Gutiérrez was asked to leave the meeting by staffers for Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) at the request of Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Speaker Ryan. Several other Members were excluded from the meeting with the ICE official, including Reps. Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Lou Correa (D-CA), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Norma Torres (D-CA), and Juan Vargas (D-CA).
Rep. Gutiérrez was among the Members who requested the meeting with the Acting ICE Director in a letter on February 11 (http://bit.ly/2lYxChf). A meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and other Democrats in the House was cancelled at the last minute by ICE. It was rescheduled to today and turned into a Republican-led meeting run by Chairman Goodlatte and was apparently made invitation-only. Members were told by Chairman Goodltte at the meeting that any further meetings with ICE officials would have to be cleared by the Republican Judiciary Committee Chairman.
Washington, DC Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) issued a statement in response to being excluded from a meeting in the U.S. Capitol with Acting Director Thomas Homan of ICE. Rep. Gutiérrez was asked to leave the meeting by staffers for Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) at the request of Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Speaker Ryan. Several other Members were excluded from the meeting with the ICE official, including Reps. Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Lou Correa (D-CA), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Norma Torres (D-CA), and Juan Vargas (D-CA).
Rep. Gutiérrez was among the Members who requested the meeting with the Acting ICE Director in a letter on February 11 (http://bit.ly/2lYxChf). A meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and other Democrats in the House was cancelled at the last minute by ICE. It was rescheduled to today and turned into a Republican-led meeting run by Chairman Goodlatte and was apparently made invitation-only. Members were told by Chairman Goodltte at the meeting that any further meetings with ICE officials would have to be cleared by the Republican Judiciary Committee Chairman.
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I am at a loss for words, SMH (Original Post)
mercuryblues
Feb 2017
OP
They dont.IF Dems ever get power, it will be nancy pelosi saying again, no impeachment on my watch
Alice11111
Feb 2017
#11
They should reissue the invitation and let the Acting ICE Director that if he failed to
grantcart
Feb 2017
#10
Wounded Bear
(58,660 posts)1. The march to one-party rule continues...
Delphinus
(11,830 posts)2. Unbelievable!
How can they do this?
mercuryblues
(14,532 posts)6. It doesn't matter
if they can do this. They are. This is only their 1st step. Get away with this and they will go bigger next time.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)3. I hope they have long memories
Because someday, maybe sooner than the trumpers think, Democrats will be in control again. And I think cleaning out the ICE-box of rotten crap is definitely needed.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)11. They dont.IF Dems ever get power, it will be nancy pelosi saying again, no impeachment on my watch
trof
(54,256 posts)4. Unfuckingbelievable.
spanone
(135,839 posts)5. grrrr...
dhill926
(16,339 posts)7. fascism on the march....
orangecrush
(19,569 posts)8. Kick and rec
Not suprised at anything they do.
Don't expect common decency from these people.
Augiedog
(2,548 posts)9. Deplorables, slowly becoming satans army
grantcart
(53,061 posts)10. They should reissue the invitation and let the Acting ICE Director that if he failed to
come to their meeting that it would not be received well in the future.
Any body in Congress has the right to invite anyone to a meeting.
They should issue an invitation every day of the week until he comes.
They should tell Goodltte that if he continues to exceed his authority they will stop coming to the committee which will lack a quorum to pass business.
NBachers
(17,115 posts)12. "No, I refuse to leave."